Guernsey Police: Clowns 'will be charged'
Refuge manager awarded £33,600 for dismissal
'£500,000 to improve dairy hygiene'
The scrapping of 11-plus tests could be overturned or delayed under plans from the Education, Sport and Culture Committee
A Jersey group, which has been taking supplies to the refugee camp at Calais, has launched an urgent appeal for emergency aid
£200m 'Boaty' ship starts construction
Updates on Monday 17 October 2016
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
And that's a wrap for Local Live today.
We're back tomorrow morning at 08:00, but don't forget BBC Channel Islands News at 19:00 on BBC1 tonight - note the later time due to coverage of the Olympic and Paralympic Heroes Parade in Manchester.
Watch out for the high tides in the Channel Islands tonight, and of course, don't step on the soft sand!
Ben Chapple
BBC News Online
A new scout group in Jersey will be led by a local woman.
Elisabeth Blampied, group scout leader of 23rd Jersey (St Lawrence), has been involved in scouting since 2005 and has mostly worked in the UK.
She said: "I am excited about the opportunity... especially as it is in my home parish."
Quote MessageOur volunteer leaders get great satisfaction providing scouting, if any adults would like to join our leadership team I can assure them they will have the time of their lives."
Iain Ford, Island Commissioner
Here's a look at this evening's weather in Jersey...
And in Guernsey...
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
Construction of the UK's new £200m polar research ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, has formally begun, after a ceremony saw a crane lower a near-100-tonne segment of keel on to blocks on the firm's slipway.
The vessel is already well known owing to the online vote to name it, which saw the public choose Boaty McBoatface, a name suggested by former BBC Radio Jersey presenter James Hand.
While the UK government overruled the vote, an autonomous long-range submarine has been adorned with the name.
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I reckon Boaty needs considerably less than 106,000 litres.
A couple of tins should do it...
BBC Channel Islands News
Builders have moved into Guernsey Dairy to carry out urgent work needed to up its hygiene rating.
A recent Environmental Health inspection saw the facility get just two out of five possible stars.
The improvements are expected to cost up to £500,000 over the next two years.
Rob Byrne
BBC Radio Guernsey
About 30 people attended this afternoon's scrutiny hearing at Beau Sejour looking into how the Committee for Education, Sport and Culture plans to address budget cuts of up to 13%.
The questions focused mainly on secondary schooling in what was at times an uncomfortable time for committee President Paul Le Pelley.
The questions: Why it'd taken them six months to come back to the States on the 11 plus, and after we learnt the overall structure of secondary schooling will take until June 2017 to be resolved - why the piecemeal approach involving separate decisions on selection, number of schools and the future of private school funding.
The answers: It'd taken time to properly consult people, that a decision on selection must come first and everything else follows, and crucially an acknowledgement that the man at the top - an ardent supporter of selection - will stay regardless of the States decision on the 11 plus.
Ben Chapple
BBC News Online
Guernsey will travel to Jersey for the second round of the England Hockey Men's Trophy on 13 November.
Yesterday in the first round Jersey beat Lewes 4-1 on penalty strokes after the match finished 4-all, while Guernsey had a bye.
Image source, Peter CareyAfter winning the competition a third time, the Sarnians are also competing in the next level up - the Men's Cup - with an away draw in the second round of that competition against London Edwardians on 30 October.
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
The review into the pay of Jersey's States members is now under way and a public consultation has been launched, external.
The States Members Remuneration Review Body want to hear your opinion on the following things:
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
Guernsey racing driver, Andy Priaulx has secured his first win for the Ford Chip Ginassi team in the "6 Hours of Fuji" event in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
He and team mate Harry Ticknell won by 15.5 seconds to round off a successful weekend.
Priaulx and the team have two races left this season in what is his maiden campaign, after making the switch from the World Touring Car Championship.
Ben Chapple
BBC News Online
A new Scout Group is starting up in Jersey - the 23rd Jersey will be based in St Lawrence.
The association is holding a series of open evenings for those aged six, or nearly six, and up.
Its aim is to run a Beaver Scout section for 6-8 year olds and a Cub Scout Section for 8 to 10-and-a-half year olds.
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Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Guernsey FC boss Tony Vance says his side made it easy for Hastings United to thrash them 6-1.
Image source, Fran TorodeThe loss extended the Green Lions poor away form - they have not won away from home since last December.
"I don't think they were six goals better than us, I think we made it very easy for them to win 6-1, they haven't earned their goals, we've given them to them," Vance told BBC Radio Guernsey.
"It's not a side I'm fearful of, but I'm fearful of us at the moment because we're a little bit weak."
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
This a picture of St Peter Port harbour last night during a 10m tide.
Tonight at 20:39 it's due to be 20cm higher, so there's likely to be a fair amount of water coming over the road.
Image source, Nick BrownAnd it's a similar story in Jersey, with an orange level warning issued by the Jersey Met Office for the south coast this evening...
Quote MessageWaves breaking over sea walls are expected to cause problems with water and debris on roads along Jersey's south on this evening's and tomorrow morning's high tides. Some flooding may occur."
CI Weather Warnings, @Jersey_MetCI
High tide is at 20:14 in Jersey, at 12m.
BBC Radio Guernsey
Guernsey's Education, Sport and Culture Committee are currently answering questions from a scrutiny panel over its plans for the future.
It's a meeting that was in the public eye last week after committee President Paul Le Pelley initially refused to attend.
The committee is answering questions on budget cuts, spending plans, and progress on their proposals for selection and secondary education.
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Guernsey player-coach Andy Whalley says it was inevitable that they would someday draw their biggest rivals in the EH Trophy.
Image source, Peter CareyThe two sides have been paired to play one another in the second round next month after Jersey's first-round win on Sunday.
"It's a team we never want to draw, but the inevitable was going to happen eventually," Whalley told BBC Radio Guernsey ahead of the game which will be played on 13 November.
"The Guernsey-Jersey occasion tends to be a little more fraught, there tends to be a little more emotion in them and they're difficult games to play in, so to draw them in the trophy is not ideal, but we've got a good record against them so we're confident going into it."
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
The French Ambassador to the UK will be visiting Guernsey tomorrow.
Her Excellency Mrs Sylvie Bermann is visiting to "further strengthen links between France and Guernsey".
Mrs Bermann will be meeting local politicians to discuss the island’s economy, developments within the EU and the implications of the Brexit vote for Guernsey.
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
Up to £500,000 will need to be spent on Guernsey Dairy over the next two years to improve hygiene standards, the head of corporate services has told BBC News.
It comes after the facility got a rating of just two out of five stars after a recent inspection.
Quote MessageWe have to maintain the building anyway to ensure that we can keep safe services being provided from here. We're looking at what the impacts are and what the future might look like in terms of keeping this building going, or drawing a line in the sand at some point and saying 'we've spent enough on the building now, we're going to look at building a new one somewhere else.' The plan that we're coming up with is going to take all of that into consideration."
Richard Evans, Head of Corporate Services, Guernsey Dairy
BBC Radio Jersey
A road safety expert says home-made signs asking people to slow down 'aren't the answer' to keeping Jersey's roads safe - but a licensing points system might be.
Tim Parker-Garner of the Road Safety Panel was responding to signs which have been put up on Old St John's Road by a concerned resident.
The road has a 20mph limit, but local people say drivers often go much faster than that.
Quote MessageI think points on licenses is the way forward. People value their driving licences, and if they were to lose them, they'd think 'hang on a minute, I'm going to do 20.'"
Tim Parker-Garner, Road Safety Panel
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
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Guernsey
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
While Guernsey might be struggling to find the cash for their Christmas lights, Jersey's are under construction as we speak...
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I've got images of Indiana Jones having to get rescued from the sinking sand in the Amazon Rainforest, but I suspect this isn't quite the same...
A member of the public has reported "soft sand" on Rocquaine Beach, Guernsey.
Agriculture, Countryside and Land Management says "it is not clear why the soft spots developed, but with the exceptional rising tides over the weekend the problem has been resolved. The beach surface will be back to normal so States Works has been asked to remove the signs."
Beware the soft sand.
